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Series | Behind the Amazon.com smile: Part 3

Fri, 05/25/2012 - 10:50 — Dave Culver
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  • In a four-part series, the Seattle Times gives readers a glimpse behind the Amazon smile.
  • Part 3: States fight back against Amazon.com's tax deals
  • Series | Behind the Amazon.com smile: Part 2
  • Series | Behind the Amazon.com smile: Part 1
  • Amazon.com series draws torrent of negative reaction online

Jim Brunner, Seattle (WA) Times

When word emerged that Amazon.com was hunting for new warehouse sites, leaders in this business-friendly Southern state rolled out a welcome mat of tax breaks to lure the Internet retailer.

Code-naming their effort "Project ASAP," South Carolina officials offered up more than $33 million in incentives, including free land, a property-tax cut and payroll-tax credits. They even agreed to loosen the area's Bible Belt moral code, repealing a decades-old Lexington County "blue law" so Amazon's warehouse could stay open Sunday mornings.

As they discovered, that wasn't enough.

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Executive Editor David Boardman invites readers to respond to Amazon.com coverage.
 

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